Saturday, November 1, 2008

Millennium of Genji

―I found that the home of Google Japan is a bit strange today☜ because of the image on the logo. I clicked it and the page turned to the search result of "The Tale of Genji". ―This year is the 1000th anniversary of the "Genji" and many celebratory events are scheduled this autumn.―I wonder if the tale reflects the real life 1000 years ago. Their clothes and their houses are so extravagant. I feel even in 1000 years future we could not live in so luxurious. It seems a kind of fantasy. ―What is the most tremendous is that every man and woman in the tale exchange their feeling of love in so delicate way that if you don't have the knowledge of nature, history or poem, you can never understand what they are really talking about. ―It is very difficult for such kind of people like us who easily condemn one's dear like "Damn, you bitch!".

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I have a friend, Cai Guohua, who was born and brought up in Shanghai and now lives in Tokyo.
He is an outstanding artist who can draw the essence of the object.He always carries a sketchbook with him and makes rapid but vivid sketches of people whom he comes across every here and there, such as on a commuter train, at a coffee shop, in a park and so on.Those who he draws are very ordinary Japanese people, young and old, with thousands of murmurings in mind.In this site I will try to pick up some of those murmurings.
You may see his sketches as well as their actual feelings and thoughts in life.